Interlockable telescopic baton

• US 7,488,255 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2004
• Issued: 02/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wolfgang Bopp
• Original Assignee: Wolfgang Bopp
• Inventors: Labes, Holger
• Primary Examiner(s): Pierce; William M
• Application Number:
  US10/554,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20070087844A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,750 Days
• Field of Search: 463/47.2, 463/47.7, 135 68- 70, 135/72, 135/75, 403/367, 403/368, 403/377
• US Class Current: 463/47.7
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 15/027 the telescoping sections being locked by an additional mechanical locking element

Abstract

The invention relates to a baton comprising at least two tube pieces, an outer tube piece and an inner tube piece which can be inserted into each other like a telescope and are interlockable in both the retracted and the deployed position. A radially displaceable locking top is disposed in the final region of the inner tube piece, which can be inserted into the outer tube piece, while a circumferential catching groove is arranged on the inside of the final region of the outer tube piece. The locking top is composed of several parts that are embodied like sectors of a circle and are joined so as to form a ring while the locking cap extends past the final region of the inner tube piece by means of a locking bulb. An expanding cone for the locking top is placed in side the inner tube piece across from the catching groove for the locking bulb, said expanding cone being movable to a limited extent in an axial direction and being fixed at the end of a positioning rod.

Claims

1. A baton comprising:

at least an outer tube section and an inner tube section telescopically arranged within one another and adapted to interlock in an extended and retracted position;

a radially adjustable locking crown arranged in an end region of the inner tube section, the locking crown adapted to be retracted into the outer tube section; and

a circumferential locking groove arranged on an inside region of the outer tube section, wherein;

the locking crown is composed of a number of parts formed as sectors of a circle and adapted to be joined to form a ring, the locking crown protrudes over the end region of the inner tube section with a locking bead, and an axially adjustable expanding cone for the locking crown is fixed on the end of a positioning rod and is arranged in the inner tube section opposite of the circumferential locking groove.

2. The baton according to claim 1, wherein the locking crown is fixed in a circumferential holding groove of the inner tube section with a holding bead that has a smaller diameter than the locking bead.

3. The baton according to claim 1, wherein the positioning rod is connected to a push-button under the influence of a spring and arranged in an end cap screwed into the outer tube section adapted to be easily accessed and actuated.

4. The baton according to claim 1, wherein the inner tube section is provided with an end cap on its extension side, wherein the end cap is adapted to be engaged with a locking extension of the positioning rod that protrudes over the expanding cone in the retracted position.

5. The baton according to claim 1, wherein another tube end section comprising a correspondingly reduced diameter and an end cap is arranged in the inner tube section, the another tube end section provided with a locking crown of correspondingly reduced diameter in a retractable end region, the inner tube section contains a circumferential locking groove, and another opposite expanding cone is arranged to the locking groove and carried by a rod adapted to be supported in the positioning rod in an extendible fashion and extends through the expanding cone.

6. The baton according to claim 1, wherein the locking crown comprises a one piece structure constructed of a material with limited elasticity.

7. The baton according to claim 2, wherein both sides of the locking crown are provided with equidistant slots that divide the locking and holding beads.

8. The baton according to claim 1, wherein sliding rings are arranged between the outer tube section and the inner tube section in corresponding receptacle grooves.

9. The baton according to claim 1, wherein fixing or holding tension is generated with the aid of a clamping ring constructed of a material adapted to be inserted into the locking crown.

10. The baton according to claim 1, wherein at least one ventilation bore is provided in an end cap screwed into the outer tube section for pressure compensation purposes.

11. The baton according to claim 6, wherein the material is polyamide.